Lacing-hook-setting machine.



A. R. HAVENER.

LACING HOOK SETTING MACHINE.

'APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. 19l8.

1,287,684. Patented Dec.17, 1918.

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A. R. HAVENER.

LACING HOOK SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION min MAR. I8. l9l8. 1,287,684. I Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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A. R. HAVENER.

LACING HOOK smms MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-8.1913- 1,287,684. Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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LACING-HOOK-SETTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

- Application filed March 18, 1918. Serial No. 223,000.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR R. HAVENER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at. Wayland, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts have invented new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Hook- Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionv relates to a machine for setting lacing hooks or the like in the upper of a boot or shoe and simultaneously setting said lacinghooks in a reinforcing strip for said upper.

It is the object of this invention to auto- Furthermore, it is the object of this invention to provide means whereby the portion of the reinforcing strip which is attached to the upper may be partially severed or slitted so that that portion of the reinforcing strip attached to the upper may assume a curve corresponding to the edge of the upper Without having any tendency to buckle or wrinkle either the strip or the upper to which it is attached. v I

As illustrating one form in which my in vention may be elnbodiedl. have employed 7 themachine of my invention entitled Machine for setting lacing hooksj for which U. S. Letters Patent were issued November 29, 1910, N 0. 977,090, and to thispatent reference may be had for a complete description of the mechanism which sets the lacing hooks in the upper and feeds the upper by means of said lacing hooks, the novel features of the present invention residing in the mechanism whereby the reinforcing strip forthe the upper, slitted and severed from the main portion of the reinforcing strip, as will be hereinafter described and fully set forth in the claims. V

In a co-pending application filed by me on February 1 1917., Serial No. 146,005, Lacing hook setting machine, Ihave broadly claimed theinvention in so far as it relates to the feeding of the strip and upper and partially slitting the strip between a predenew upper.

termined number of lacing hooks and finally severing that portion of the strip which is attached to the upper by the lacing hooks from the main portion of said strip.

The present invention relates to another form of mechanism for accomplishing substantially the same results and the claims are directed to the particularfeatures of the mechanism which are novel and differ from the mechanisms set forth and claimed in said application for Letters Patent.

In addition to the mechanism for feeding the upper and strip, slitting the strip and cutting it off, the invention relates further to a novel means for feeding the lacing hook from the raceway onto the lacing hook car rier, its object being to provide a convenient.

and quickly operated means for rendering the machine practicable for feedinglacing hooks of different styles fromthe raceway onto the lacing hook carrier.

When the machine is first started the strip is given an initial feeding movement by the operator; to bring the end portion of the strip beneath the punch which constitutes one member of the lacing hoop setting instrumentalities. The punch then descends and sets a lacing hook in that portion of said reinforcing strip which has received said initial movement and simultaneously sets the hook in theupper of a shoe. At the termination of the setting of the hook, a pair of cutters slits the reinforcing strip partly thereacross, the, punch is then moved laterally while projecting into the shank of the lacing hook which has just been set and thus feeds the upper and reinforcing strip.

The operation is thenrepeated to set another lacing hook in the reinforcing strip and upper and after the predetermined number of lacing hooks have been set in the upper and reinforcing strip, the cutters are automaticallv operated to entirely sever that portion of the reinforcing strip which has been attached to the upper by the lacing hooks from the main portion of said strip, the punch then feeds the'upper, and after the punch has fed the upper forward the.

last time, it returns to its initial position ready to punch the reinforcing strip and a The operator then moves the treadle to release the clutch and the machine stops. He then operates the treadle to release the presser foot to a considerable extent, in order that the upper may be removed from the machine, and in so doing operates an independent reinforcing strip feeding mechanism to give said reinforcing strip an initial feed so that it will be ready and in position to be attached to another upper when the first lacing hook is set in said other upper.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l 's a right hand side-elevation of my improved lacing hook setting machine.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation taken through the centralportion of the machine looking toward the right in said machine.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, an upper being shown in dotted lines and broken away in connection therewith.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation viewed from the front of the machine and taken on line 4- 4 of Fig. 3. p

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation viewed from the left of the machine of the adjustable stop for the'laeing hook feed lever.

Fig. '6 is a sectional plan taken on line 6+6 of Fig. 5.

Figs/7 and 8 aresectionalelevations similar to Fig. 4, but illustrating the parts in different positions relatively to each other.

Fig. 9 is a detail elevation .of the punch and punch slide with the primary cutter for the strip mounted thereon as the same appears viewed from the right of the machine Fig. '10 is a detail elevation of the mechanism whereby the primary cutter is adjusted as viewed from the rear of the machine.

Figs. 11 and 12 are sectional details illustrating the different positions of the primary and secondary cutters relatively to each other as viewed from the left of the machine and 21 the main driving cam shaft which is driven by means of a clutch pulley 22 which turns loose upon the main driving shaft 21 until locked thereto by a clutch 23 operated in a manner well known to those skilled in the art by means of a clutch lever 24 wh ch is operated by a rod 25 connected to a suitable treadle not shown in the drawlugs) and by an arm 26, see Fig. 1'.

The upper 27 of a shoe is placed upon a work-support 28 by the operator, with the front edge of the upper resting against an edge gage 29 (Fig. 2). The work-support is made in two parts 30 and 31 between which is located a portion of the lacing hook feeding mechanism. The part 30 is formed integral with a bracket. 32 which is fastened tothe frame 20 and has .a slot 33 extending along the top thereof, through which the lacing hooks pass as the upper is fed forward after the setting operation has taken place (see Figs. 4,7 and ,8). The part 31 of the work-support is a plate which is screwed to the frame and abuts against 80 the upper portion of the part 30, forming a flat surface upon which the upper is placed.

The upper is clamped to the work-support by means of a presser foot 34 upon which are mounted the novel features of this invention for feeding the strip. Thepresser foot 34 can be raised by foot power from the treadle or automatically by power from the main driving shaft. When operated by the treadle, as, for example, when the upper is inserted beneath the presser foot upon the work-support and again when it is removed therefrom, the rod 25 is pushed upwardly rocking the arm 26 which is'fastened to a rock-shaft 35 (Fig. 1). The rock-shaft 35 is journaled .to rock in bearings 36 on the right hand side of the frame.

Adjustably fastened to the front end of the rock-shaft 35 is an arm 37, the free end of which bears against the bottom of a rod 38 adapted to slide vertically in bearings 39 and 40 on the right hand side of the frame 20. The presser foot 34 is adjust ably fastened to the rod '38 by a clampscrew 41. A spring 42 presses the rod 38 105 downwardly.

The presser foot is operated automatically by power from the main driving shaft, when the upper 27 is released to allow the punch to feed it forward into positionto receive a 110 new hook, by a lever 43 which is rocked in the proper time by a cam on the cam-shaft 21, said cam not being shown in the draw ings but being fully illustrated and de scribed in said Letters Patent. Thus. at the 115 proper time the lever 43 will raise the rod 38 against the action of the spring 42 to raise the presser foot and release the upper.

The mechanism for operating the punch and die, feeding the lacing hooks into posi- 120 tion, inserting them in the upper and feeding the upper a predetermined distance, in order to have the operation repeated, has all been the subject of said prior patent, as previously stated, and it is not thought 125 necessary to give a complete detailed description of the same.

Briefly described, however, said mechanism is as follows: Referring to Figs. 1 and 4, the punch 44 is formed upon the lower 0 same during the setting operation.

end of a stud 45 which has a shoulder or annular clenching projection 46 thereon, constituting an anvil against which the shank of a lacing hook strikes to clench the The stud 45 is screw-threaded to engage a slide 47, constituting a punch holder and guided to slide laterally of the punch upon tubes 48 which are fastened to a plunger 49 arranged to slide vertically in bearings 50 in the frame 20.

'A vertical reciprocatory motion is im-" parted to the plunger 49 by a crank-arm 51 fast to the end of a rock-shaft 52 journaled to rock in hearings in the frame of the machine. The crank-arm 51 has a crank-pin 54 thereon which projects into a sliding block 55 located in a segmental slot 56 pro vided in a block 57 fast to theplunger 49.

A rocking motion is imparted to the shaft 52 by means of a link 58 pivotally connected at its upper end to an arm 59 fast to the shaft 52 and pivotally connected at its lower end to a cam lever 60 which is rocked upwardly and downwardly at the proper time by earns 61 and 62 which are fastto the cam shaft 21.

The punch holder 47 is arranged to slide, as hereinbefore set forth, upon the tubes 48 and a sliding movement isimparted thereto by means of an arm 63 which is connected to said punch holder at 64 by a pin 65 upon which the punch holder is slidable vertically between the ears 66"for1ning a part of the arm 63. The arm 63 is adjustably fastened to arock-shaft 67 arranged to rock in'bearings 68 on the frame of the machine. An

arm 69 is fastened to the rock-shaft 67 at its lower end and said arm is connected through suitable mechanism (not shown) to a cam slide adapted to be reciprocated by suitable cams fast tothe main cam shaft 21.

Itwill thus be seen that a vertical reciprocatory motionis imparted to the punch and punch holder and the punch and anvilthereon are raised and lowered to punch the material and assist in the setting of the lacing hook in the material. Also a lateral movement is imparted to the punch holder whereby the punch will feed the upper while the punch isinserted in the lacing hook shank after the setting operation and then move said punch back after it hasbeen dis engaged from the lacing hook into position i to repeat the operation upon another hook.

A die plate cooperates with the punch 44 to punch a hole through the material and is fastened to a slide 70 (Fig; 1') adapted to slide in ways in the frame 20. A reciprocatory motion imparted to said slide 70 by a lever 71 pivoted at 72 to the frame 20. The lever 71 is connected by a link 73 to a lacing hookcarriei slide 74. Thus it will be seen that as the lacing hook carrier slide 74 is recipro'cated, ashereinafter described,

the link 73 will impart a rocking'motion to the lever 71 and thus a reciprocatory movement will be imparted to the slide 70 and to the die plate fast thereto, whereby the die plate may be moved into and out of alinement with the punch at the proper time. r

The lacing hooks 75 are placed in mass in a hopper 76 andyare fed from said hopper onto a raceway 77 by suitable mechanism within the hopper which is driven by a pulley 78 fast to the clutch pulley 72 and connected by a belt 79 to a pulley 80 mounted on the hopper 76. The raceway 77 guides the lacing hooks in a manner well known to those skilled in the art downwardly from the hopper 76 to a detent lever 81 (Fig. 2)

which separates the lacing hooksand feeds them one at a time down the quarter bend at the lower end of the raceway. The lacing hook 75 is pushed from the raceway 77 onto the lacing hook carrier plate 82 when the parts are in the position'illustrated in Fig. 2.

that is, when the lacing hookcarrier is in its lowermost position, at which time the lacing hook carrier plate is in alinement with the lower end of the raceway; 'Said lacing hook is pushed from the raceway onto thelacing hook carrier plate 82 by meansof a lever 83 pivoted at 83" to the frame of the machine. The upper end of said lever isarranged to pass between the two sides of the raceway and to push the lacing hook therealong in a manner well known to those skilled in the art. c

A rocking movement is imparted to the lever 83 by means of a link 84. connecting tent lever being rocked in the opposite direction by the lever 83'which abuts thereagainst and rocks the same at the proper time to drop the lacing hook down the raceway 77.

It will be seen that the lever 83, which feeds the lacing hook 75 onto the carrier plate, is moved toward the carrier plate by yielding means consisting of the spring 89 and is moved away'from the carrier plate by positive means,-consisting of the cam 88.

When a lacing hook,the head of which is covered with celluloid. is fed in the machine.

the neck of the lacing hook is much thicker i than where the hook does not have the cellu-' loid finish; Hence is becomes necessary for the lever 83 to terminate its forward movement closer to the plate 82 when lacing hooks are being employed withouta celluloid finish than whenilacing hooks are be Cir ing employed with a celluloid finish. Consequently it is desirable to have a stop which can be readily and accurately adjusted against which the lever 83 will abut when in its forward .position, and in Figs. 2, 5 and 6 such a stop is illustrated, consisting of a horizontal pin 91 projecting in front of the lever 83 from the end of a stud92 having screw-threaded engagement with the frame of the machine and to which a handle 93 is fastened, by means of which it can be operated.

The handle 93 has .a spring-actuated pin 94 therein which is adapted to be moved by :the spring 95 into any one of the holes 96 in a plate 97 fast to the frame of the machine. Thus by rotating the arm 93 the eccentric pin 91 can be moved to stop the lever 83 at different positions relatively to the lacing hook carrier plate 82.

The lacing hook carrier 98, by means of which the lacing'hook is takenfrom the end of the raceway and carried up to insert the shankthrough the upper and onto the punch and drive the same against the anvil to set the lacing hook shank in the upper and in the strip of reinforcing material, consists of a :slide '74 arranged to. slide in the frame of the machine (Fig.2) and of a-lever 100 pivoted at 101 to said slide. The lacing hook carrier plate 82 is fastened to :the up per end .of the lever 100.

A rocking movement is imparted to the lever 100 by a link 102. Said link is slotted at 103 to receive a pin 104 fast to the lever 83 and-a spring-105 is connected at one end to the pin 104 and at the (opposite end thereof to a pin 106 fastened to the link 102. I e

The carrier slide 74 has a reciprocatory motion imparted thereto by a lever 107 which is rocked by a cam 108 fast to the cam shaft 21.

Reinforcing strip feeding mechanism.

A strip of reinforcing material 109 (see Figs. 3 and 4) is fed into the machine and beneath thepunch from' a reel on which it is coiled (which is not shown in the draw- ;ings) by a feed wheel 110. The strip is guided to the. work through a slot 111 in a guide plate 112 fast to the presser foot 34 and along a bottom plate 113 on said presser foot, through another slot 114 in said presser foot and through a slot 115 pro vided in a secondary cutter 116 fast to said presser foot. I

The feed wheel 110 is provided with a shank 117 rotatable in a bearing 118 in the presser foot 34 and at its rear end has fastened thereto a pinion 119 which meshes into a pinion 120 fast to a shaft 121 which also is mounted in a bearing on said presser foot. Theshaft 121 has a ratchet 122 fast thereto which is engaged by a pawl 123* to the block 129.

pivoted at 124 to a bracket 125 fast to the frame of the machine, said pawl being kept Reinforcing strip severing mechanism.

The mechansm for partly severing the reinforcing strip for a predetermined number of times and then entirely severing the same embodies the secondary cutter 116 which is fastened to the presser foot 34 and a primary cutter 127 which, together with the mechanism for adjusting the same, is -1nount ed upon a reciprocatory member consisting of the stud 45 and slide or plunger 49.

Referring to Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12, it will be seen that the primary cutter 12.7 is pivoted at 128 to a block 129 which is fastened to the stud 45 which, in turn, is fastened to the slide 47, the slide 47 being supported upon the plunger 49. A spring 130 fast to the block 129 normally holds the primary cutter 116 in the position illustrated in Fig. 11, the upper edge of said primary cutter bearing against a stop pin 131 fast In this position of the primary cutter relatively to its slide, upon which it is mounted, and the secondary cutter with which it cooperates, the cutters cooper. ate when said primary cutter is at its lowest position in its movement to partially sever the strip of reinforcing material as illustrated in Fig. 11. After'a predetermined number of lacing hooks have been set, however, it is desired to entirely sever the portion of the strip which has been at tached to the upper from the main portion of the strip and this is accomplished by automatically adjusting the primary cutter 127 relatively to the secondary cutter upon its carrier slide 47 or upon the block 129 which is carried by said carrier slide.

To accomplish this adjustment the following mechanism is provided, viz., a lever 132 constituting a contact member which is pivoted at 133 to the block 129, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 7 and 8, and'this lever is adapted to be tipped upon its pivot to move the same in the direction of the arrow at (Fig. 4) by a rotary dog 134 which is fastened to, or forms a part of, a shaft 135 rotatably mounted in th block 129. The shaft 135 has two ratchets 136 and 137 fastened thereto and a pawl holder lever 138 loosely mounted thereon and having a pawl 139 pivoted thereto, said pawl being adapted to engage either one of the ratchets 136 or 137 and being held against either one of said ratchets bya spring 140 which engages said pawl and is provided with recesses 141 and 142, into which a pin 143 on the pawl 139 is adapted to project, according as to .Whether said pawl crank lever (see Fig. 10) which is held normally against a stop pin 144 fast to the block .129 by a spring 145. Said pawl holder 138 and the block 129 are moving downwardly,

thus tipping the pawl holder 138 and operating the pawl 139 to rotate either one of the ratchets 136 or137 .with which it may be in engagement to-rock the shaft 135 and the rotary dog 134a portion of a rotation in the direction of the arrow, 2) (Fig. 4).

The general operation of the mechanism hereinbefore specifically described is as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the relative positions illustrated in Fig. 1, the operator operates thetreadle to raise the presser foot 34 and inserts the upper 27 beneath the 'presser foot, with its front end bearing against the edge gage 29in the position illustrated in Fig. 3 in dotted lines; Assuming the machine to be starting for the first time, the operator then feeds the reinforcing strip '109 forwardly through the guide slots 111, 114 and 115 by hand to bring the same beneath the punch 44, as illustrated in Fig. 4,

it being understoodthatafter the machine has once been operated this initial movement of the reinforcing strip will be automatically performed by the feed wheel 110 andits actuating mechanism.

After having introduced the upper 27 and positioned the reinforcing strip as set forth, the operator releases the presser foot and allows it to clamp the work to the worksu'pport. He then operates the treadle to throw the clutch into operation, (as hereinbefore described,) and the machine then operates to move the punch 44 downwardly to punch a hOlGnlIl the reinforcing strip 109 and in the upper 27, as illustrated in Fig. 7.

The punch is then moved slightly upward to release the die plate which is then moved out of alinement with the punch by the slide and lever 71. It being understood that a lacing hook has been fed 'onto'the lacing hook carrierplate 82. as hereinbefore described, the lacing hook carrier slide 74 moves upwardly from the position illustrated in Fig. 4 to that illustrated in Fig. 7 and drives the hook through the upper and the reinforcing strip and clenches it in the reinforcing strip while the punch. projects into the lacing hook.

At this time the primary cutter 127 just.

engages the upper face of the reinforcing strip. The presser foot 34 is next slightly raised by the rod 38 and lever 43 to release the upper so that it canbe fed and thus causes theprimary and secondary cutters to coact and partially sever the reinforcing strip 109, as at 148, (see Figs. 11 and 13).

The lever 83 operates the link 102 to tip the lever 100 and withdraw the plate 82 from the lacing hook 75 and the punch 44 is then moved laterally, as hereinbefore .de

scribed, to feed the lacing "hook which has been set in the reinforcing strip and inthe upper. fromthe position illustrated in F jg. 7 to that illustrated in. Fig. 8. The punch is then moved upwardly and toward the right (Fig. 8) to bring it back to its initial position illustrated in Fig. 4.1 I

As will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 the pawl 139 is in engagement with theratchet 136 and this ratchet has the proper number of teeth so that in four verticalmovements of the punch the ratchetwill have been given a half rotation and the rotary dog 134 will have been rotated to engage the lever 132 and. tip it upon its pivot 133 to move the primary cutter 127 from'the position illustrated in Fig. 11 to'that illustrated in Fig. 12, so that upon the final upward movement of the presser foot the reinforcing strip 109 will be cut entirely across as at 149, Fig. 13 and as illustrated in Fig. 12. This cut at the end of four cycles of movement of the machine occurs when the pawl is in engagement with the ratchet 136.

When, however, it is desired to entirely sever the strip after three lacing hooks have 139 is'in engagement with the ratchet 137.

A stop pawl 139 is provided to prevent the ratchets 136 and 137 from being turned backwardly.

It is evident that the number of ratchets may be increased as may be desired to have the final cutting off operation take place at the end of the setting of two, three, four, five or more hooks, but in the ordinary course of business the number of hooks set is either three or four. Therefore, two ratchets are sufficient for all practical purposes.

During the movements ofthe mechanisms hereinbefore described the vertical movement of the presser foot 34 is so slight that the pawl 123 plays backwardly and forwardly over the ratchet 122 without, rotating the same. After the predetermined number of hooks. has been set and the strip automatically severed, as hereinbefore described, the operator operates the treadle to release the clutch and the machine stops. He then operates the treadle to raise the presser foot to a considerable extent in order that the upper may be removed from the machine and" by so doing he raises the mechanism which operates the feed wheel 110 to such an extent that the pawl 123 imparts a partial rotation to'the ratchet 122 which rotates the shaft 121, together with the pinion 120, which rotates the pinion 119 in the direction of the arrow 0 (Fig,4;),t hus rotating the feed wheel 110 to impart to the strip 109 an initial feeding movement and leaving the strip projecting beyond the face of the secondary cutter 1'16 and beneath the punch as illustrated in Fig. 4 in readiness for a second series of operations in the punching of the strip and upper and the setting of the hooks therein. Y

It will be seen, by means of the mechanism hereinbefore described,-that the lacing hooks are attached'to the shoe upper and to the reinforcing strip in such a manner as to reinforce the upper by' the reinforcing upper to which it is attached without wrinkling said upper or reinforcing strip,

By the construction hereinbefore set forth, it will be evident that not only can the reinforcing strip be bent to follow the curve of the edge of the upper but that also there is no danger of a hook pulling out of the upper, pulling the reinforcing strip with it, as it would be liable to do in the case of the reinforcing pieces being put on separately that is, one reinforcing section for each lacing hook.

- It will be evident that in order to detach one lacing hook from the upper when the lacing hooks-have been attached to the reinforcing strip, as hereinbefore set forth, that it should either pull theentire reinforcing strip away from the upper or that it should tear said reinforcing strip across the portion thereof at the end of one of the transverse slits. This, however, would be impossible with any use to which the shoe is put as the reinforcing strip is made of strong material. Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secureis: Y

1. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, means for partially severing a portion of said strip therefrom, a presser foot comprising a guide for said strip, mechanism mounted on said presser foot adapted to feed said strip. means to raise and lower said presser foot and stationary means adapted to be engaged and engaging said pawl and a stationary by a portion of said strip feeding mechaanism during the movement of said presser foot, whereby said strip feeding mechanism may be operated to feed said strip.

2. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a presser foot, mechanism mounted on said presser foot adapted to feed said strip to said upper, means to raise and lower said presser foot, a stationary support and means mounted thereon adapted to engage said strip feeding mechanism to operate the same.

3. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a presser foot, mechanism adapted to raise and lower said presser foot, a feed wheel mounted on said presser foot and engaging said strip and mechanism including a pawl and ratchet adapted to rotate said feed wheel, said ratchet being mounted on said presser foot 9.0 support upon which said pawl is mounted, whereby an intermittent feeding movement may be imparted to said stripu 4. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a member adapted to move vertically toward and away from said reinforcing strip, a primary cutter on said member, a stationary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter, mechanism adapted to feed said strip of reinforcing material between said cutters, means to impart a vertical reciprocatory motion to said secondary cutter and mechanism adapted to automatically adjust said primary cutter on said member toward and away from said secondary cutter, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partially or entirely severed therefrom.

5'. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a member adapted to move vertically toward and away 115 from said reinforcing strip, aprimary cutter pivoted to said member, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter, mechanism adaptedto feed said strip of reinforcing material between said cutters,

member adapted to move toward and away from said strip, a primary cutter pivoted to said reciprocatory member, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter, mechanism adapted tofeed said strip of reinforcing material between said cutters and mechanism adapted to automatically rock said primary cutter on said member toward and away from said secondary cutter, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly or entirely severed therefrom.

7. A lacing hook settingmachine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe andin a reinforcing strip therefor, a reciprocatory member adapted to move toward and away from said strip, a primary cutter pivoted to said reciprocatory member, a secondary cutter adapted to coact withsaid primary cutter, mechanism adapted to feed saidstrip of reinforcing materlal between said cutters, a lever pivoted on said member and engaging said primary cutter and a rotary dog on said member adapted to engage said lever and move said primary cutter toward said secondary cutter.

S. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe andin a reinforcin strip therefor, a reciprocatory member a apted to move toward and away from said strip, a primary cutter pivoted to said reciprocatory member, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter, mechanism adapted to feed said strip of reinforcing material between said cutters, a lever pivoted on said reciprocatory member and engaging said primary cutter, a rotary dog adapted to engage said lever, a pawl and ratchet mechanism adapted to rotate said dog and stationary means adapted to engage said pawl and ratchet mechanism to operate the same.

9. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a reciprocatory member adapted to move toward and away from said strip, a primary cutter pivoted to said reciprocatory member, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter, mechanism adapted to feed said strip of reinforcing material between said cutters, a lever pivoted on said reciprocatory member and engaging said primary cutter, a rotary dog adapted to engage said lever, a pawl and ratchet mechanism adapted to rotate said dog and stationary means adapted to engage said ,pawl and ratchet mechanism to operate the same, said pawl and ratchet mechanism embodying a plurality of ratchets side by side and a pawl adapted to be moved laterally thereof into engagement with any one of said ratchets.

10. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcingstrip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, means to impart an intermittentfeeding movement to said strip, a member upon whichsaid primary cutter is mounted, said member being movable toward and away from said strip and mechanism adapted to move said primary cutter on said member and toward said secondary cutter after a predetermined number of setting, operations, whereby said strip may be partly severed transversely thereof at one or more places and the portion thereof which has thus been partly severed 'may subsequently be entirely severed from said strip. 11. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in y a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a, secondary cutter,'a reciprocatory member upon which said primary cutter is mounted, means to move said member toward and away from said secondary cutter and instrumentalities embodying a pawl and ratchet-mechanism and a contact member mounted upon said reciprocatory member adapted to be operated to move said primary cutter on said reciprocatory member and toward said secondary cutter after a predetermined number of setting operations. 12. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, a reciprocatory member upon which said primary'cutter is movably mounted, means to impart an intermittent feeding movement to said strip, instrumentalities embodying a pawl, a plurality of ratchets having varying total numbers of teeth and a contact member adapted to move said primary cutter upon said reciprocatory member toward said secondary cutter at the end of a predetermined number of setting operations, said pawl being adjustable to engage any one of said ratchets whereby a varying number of movements of said contact member may take place before said primary cutter is moved to adjust the same on said reciprocatory member.

13. A lacing hook setting machine havin in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a Secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to out said strip, the cutting edge of one of said cutters extending longitudinally thereof at an angle to the cutting edge of the other of said cutters, means to impart a reciprocatory motion to one of said cutters and means adapted to automatically adjust one of said cutters transversely of its cutting edge, whereby said reinforcing strip may be partly severed or entirely severed.

14. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to' cut said strip, the

cutting edge of one of said cutters extending at an angle to the cutting edge of the other of said cutters, a vertically reciprocatory member upon which one of said cutters is mounted and means to automatically adjust one of said cutters vertically on said reciprocatory member, whereby said reinforcing strip may be partly or entirely severed.

15. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, said setting means embodying a reciprocatory slideand a punch fast thereto and adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to impart a step by step feeding movement to said reinforcin strip, a primary and a secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to cut said strip, said primary cutter being mounted upon said reciprocatory slide and means to automatically adjust said primary cutter relatively to said slide and toward and away from said secondary cutter, where by a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly or entirely severed therefrom.

16. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, said set- Gopiesof this patent may be obtained for ting means embodying a reciprocatory slide and a punch fast thereto and adapted to pierce a hole. in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to impart a step by step feeding movement. to said reinforcing strip, a primary and a secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to cut said strip, said primary cutter being mounted upon said reciprocatory slide, means adapted to automatically ad1ust said primary cutter on said slide, a presser foot, and means adapted to impart an intermittent vertical reciprocatory movement to said presser foot, said secondary cutter being fastened to said presser foot, whereby said strip may be partly or entirely severed.

17. A machine for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe having, in combination, a lacing hook carrier, a raceway, a lever adapted to feed a lacing hook along said raceway and onto said carrier, a stop adapted to limit the forward movement of said lever, said stop comprising a studrotatably mounted upon the frame of said machine and an eccentric pin thereonadapted to be engaged by said lever, an arm fast to said stud, a plate provided with a series of holes concentric with said stud and a spring pin on said arm adaptedto project into said holes, whereby said pin may be locked in different positions relatively to said lever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR R. HAVENER. Vitnesses CHARLES S. GOODING, SYDNEY E. TAFT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

